We Break the Dawn
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| Single by Michelle Williams | ||||
| from the album Unexpected | ||||
| Released | March 31, 2008 | |||
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| Recorded | 2007 Waveview Studios Chalice Studios (Los Angeles, California) |
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| Length | 3:54 | |||
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"We Break the Dawn" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Michelle Williams. It was written by Solange Knowles, Andrew Frampton and Wayne Wilkins and produced by Wilkins and Frampton for Williams' third studio album Unexpected (2008). Officially premiering as the album's lead single on the People.com website on March 31, 2008, the single received critical acclaim for its "terrific fusion of European disco and dance-pop as well as its "irresistible" chorus.
"We Break the Dawn" dominated the US Billboard Dance charts, topping the Hot Dance Airplay chart and peaking at number four on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. Despite being promoted by Williams with various live performances, TV appearances, interviews and with the release of a Phil Griffin directed music video, the song failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. In Europe however, despite minimal promotion, the single became Williams' first song to chart on the UK Singles Chart – where it debuted and peaked within the top 50 at number forty-seven, the single also charted at number twenty-six on the Billboard Global Dance Tracks chart, and also peaked within the top 40 of the Hungarian Singles Chart in 2009. The song was nominated for "Best R&B Vocal Performance By a Female Artist" in the 2008 NewNowNext Awards.
"Stop This Car", was originally rumored to be the lead single from Unexpected, however it was later confirmed as the second single – only to be later changed in favor of "The Greatest". "We Break the Dawn" was the first solo original release by Williams that was not distinctly Gospel in style or genre, causing the song to gain much media attention online. In describing Williams's new artistic direction, Hillary Crosley wrote, "there's a clear move away from the gospel." When the song premiered on People.com, Brian Orloff posted, "It's a hot new look and new sound." Meanwhile, noted UK R&B writer Pete Lewis of the award-winning Blues & Soul stated: "Williams' first solo pop/R&B LP 'Unexpected' is pioneered by the electro-club grooves of its melodically-soulful offshoot single 'We Break The Dawn'."
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